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CSS ''Clarence'', also known as ''Coquette'', was originally a brig from Baltimore captured by the Confederate cruiser CSS ''Florida'' during the American Civil War and converted into a Confederate cruiser for commerce raiding. Built in 1857 for Baltimore, Maryland fruit dealer J. Crosby, it was transporting a cargo of coffee from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Baltimore when the CSS ''Florida'' captured the ''Clarence'' off the coast of Brazil. Lt. Charles W. Read was appointed commander and a sufficient number of the ''Florida'' Lieutenant Read had requested that, rather than burn ''Clarence'', he might try, with the ship's papers, to sail into Hampton Roads, Virginia, and if possible destroy or capture a Union gunboat and burn Union merchant vessels congregated at Fortress Monroe. ''Florida'' In its brief career as a Confederate cruiser it captured a number of ships: The ''Whistling Wind'', ''Kate Stewart'', ''Mary Alvina'', ''Mary Schindler'' were burned, and the ''Alfred H. Partridge'' was bonded. Its final capture was the bark ''Tacony'' on June 12, 1863, which being a better ship suited for commerce raiding, the crew and armaments were transferred to it and the ''Clarence'' was destroyed. == Officers and crew == * Lt. Charles W. Read, commander〔 * Billups, Matthewson, and Pride, master's mates〔 * Brown, engineer〔 * 16 men〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「CSS Clarence」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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